Nehemiah 9:22-26
Read Nehemiah 9 in full →22“You also gave them kingdoms and peoples,And apportioned them to them as a 1boundary.aThey took possession of the land of Sihon 2the king of HeshbonAnd the land of Og the king of Bashan.23“You made their sons numerous as athe stars of heaven,And You brought them into the landWhich You had said for their fathers to enter and possess.24“aSo their sons entered and possessed the land.And bYou subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites,And You gave them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land,To do with them according to their desire.25“aThey captured fortified cities and a 1,brich 2land.They took possession of chouses full of every good thing,Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,Trees for food in abundance.So they ate, were filled, and dgrew fat,And ereveled in Your great goodness.26“aBut they became disobedient and rebelled against You,And bcast Your law behind their backsAnd ckilled Your prophets who had dtestified to themSo that they might return to You,And ethey 1committed great 2blasphemies.